I may be way out of line here and if so I apologize - however coming from the Galaxy Nexus to the Galaxy Note 3 I'm mostly pretty happy except with certain aspects of Samsungs software stupidity that I can't seem to get rid of. I've been using the GEL and its amazing but I want to get back to "stock android" as much as possible. This means getting rid of the assnine Gingerbread-era settings menus, dialers, people app and other apps that look like they were plucked from my Droid X from 3 years ago.
Am I being unreasonable when I look at the available ROM's on the T-mo section and see that there aren't any kitkat ROMs available yet? Is there a development hurdle for the Galaxy devices that makes it impossible to make a AOSP-based ROM? (As if it needs to be said, I'm not a developer).
I love the hardware and the S-pen functionality (why I bought it), but I need to rid myself of the 90's era UI that samsung has foisted on us. Am I missing a ROM out there that can fulfill my needs?
I don't think there is anything aosp that can offer what tw had to offer when it comes to s pen functionality.
I had the note 2 before this and was running paranoid ROM which didn't have the cool s pen features.
What I've used the most is the pen window feature. Taking a quick note or using the calc has been handy.
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Defenestratus said:
I may be way out of line here and if so I apologize - however coming from the Galaxy Nexus to the Galaxy Note 3 I'm mostly pretty happy except with certain aspects of Samsungs software stupidity that I can't seem to get rid of. I've been using the GEL and its amazing but I want to get back to "stock android" as much as possible. This means getting rid of the assnine Gingerbread-era settings menus, dialers, people app and other apps that look like they were plucked from my Droid X from 3 years ago.
Am I being unreasonable when I look at the available ROM's on the T-mo section and see that there aren't any kitkat ROMs available yet? Is there a development hurdle for the Galaxy devices that makes it impossible to make a AOSP-based ROM? (As if it needs to be said, I'm not a developer).
I love the hardware and the S-pen functionality (why I bought it), but I need to rid myself of the 90's era UI that samsung has foisted on us. Am I missing a ROM out there that can fulfill my needs?
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We all feel your pain brother.
I have owned 3 Samsung Galaxy devices before this one and all have had AOSP/AOKP/CM10.2
For some reason or another, a developer not made a bare bone AOSP rom.
Which we all want.
Believe me when I say, we all know touchwiz is getting annoying.
My current setup is Stock Deodexed Debloated with the AOSP theme found in the "Themes and Apps" section, also with the Kit Kat Launcher.
I downloaded all of the Nexus 5 apps (Calendar, Camera, Gallery, Clock, etc. And deleted the Touchwiz ones.
This is as close as we can get for now .
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Hello developers!
I am not savvy at all on programming but I had a question. Would it be possible to port the Google Pixel ROM to the HTc 10? I know the Pixel is made by HTC and the specs are pretty similar. I would not be able to do it because I have no clue. I was just curious if it would be possible (without a astronomical amount of work).
Thanks for any replys.
Good question, possible probably, how long and how much work. Well that's another question that requires someone with the ability.
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Good question, possible probably, how long and how much work. Well that's another question that requires someone with the ability.
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So you don't have an answer and just spoke for the sake of speaking. :good:
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So you don't have an answer and just spoke for the sake of speaking. :good:
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question itself was really a discussion point not an actual question when you are asking nougat to be ported to htc 10 when mm hasn't yet been ported or even the pixel is yet to launch on many countries/areas/stores
pixel rom is vanilla nougat so the answer given was a discussion point again which is :good:
SacredDeviL666 said:
question itself was really a discussion point not an actual question when you are asking nougat to be ported to htc 10 when mm hasn't yet been ported or even the pixel is yet to launch on many countries/areas/stores
pixel rom is vanilla nougat so the answer given was a discussion point again which is :good:
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MM is what the device shipped with.
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MM is what the device shipped with.
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not vanilla MM its shipped with Sense based on MM...
google devices/roms are on aosp/vanilla/cm android and none of them of MM is yet ported to htc 10... you could see the progress of cm ports currently on htc dev threads
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So you don't have an answer and just spoke for the sake of speaking. :good:
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I concur with @SacredDeviL666, good discussion point indeed.
And yes sometimes i speak or text to carry on a point just for the sake of it.
**Sometimes it brings others into the conversation, and the people that have the ability could be the others.
**Sometimes that's the and.
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SacredDeviL666 said:
question itself was really a discussion point not an actual question when you are asking nougat to be ported to htc 10 when mm hasn't yet been ported or even the pixel is yet to launch on many countries/areas/stores
pixel rom is vanilla nougat so the answer given was a discussion point again which is :good:
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SacredDeviL666 said:
not vanilla MM its shipped with Sense based on MM...
google devices/roms are on aosp/vanilla/cm android and none of them of MM is yet ported to htc 10... you could see the progress of cm ports currently on htc dev threads
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You didn't say vanilla MM the first time around. The 10 shipped with Marshmallow and had access to the full feature set of Marshmallow. I know very well what AOSP is. It's exciting the sort of progress that's being done on CM, despite the calm of late.
Also, Pixel isn't Vanilla. It has added apps/features that will not be on Nexus devices, and are beyond AOSP. The Pixel ROM is a skinned Android.
There's actually a Pixel ROM made for the Nexus devices now! Can anyone port this? The link is for the Nexus 5X --> https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/development/rom-pixelmod-lg-nexus-5x-t3486862
With lineage, resurrection remix and some other vanilla roms, not to mention certain parts of the pixel like the launcher and I think the dialer have been made avaliable, there isn't a massive demand for it.. Not when there isn't really any difference between the two.
Perhaps the so called added apps and features to be added would be a better question and probably one with a more probable positive outcome.
@SacredDeviL666 Let me just hop in with the statement that Pixel ROM is not vanilla Android. Its close, but its not. Nexuses had vanilla Android. Having a custom skin (Pixel Launcher) and additions to the system that aren't part of the AOSP or available to all other OEMs makes the Pixel equal to Sense, TouchWiz, EMUI etc...
In a way, asking to port Pixel ROM is like to ask if someone could port TouchWiz ROM. You can imagine how hard it would be to port TouchWiz.
BUT, unlike other skinned ROMs, Pixel apps can easily be installed onto other devices.
As a conclusion, for a close-as-possible Pixel ROM, use the most vanilla AOSP ROM you can find,
and only install Gapps and apps that arent part of that package but belong to Pixel, like the launcher.
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@SacredDeviL666 Let me just hop in with the statement that Pixel ROM is not vanilla Android. Its close, but its not. Nexuses had vanilla Android. Having a custom skin (Pixel Launcher) and additions to the system that aren't part of the AOSP or available to all other OEMs makes the Pixel equal to Sense, TouchWiz, EMUI etc...
In a way, asking to port Pixel ROM is like to ask if someone could port TouchWiz ROM. You can imagine how hard it would be to port TouchWiz.
BUT, unlike other skinned ROMs, Pixel apps can easily be installed onto other devices.
As a conclusion, for a close-as-possible Pixel ROM, use the most vanilla AOSP ROM you can find,
and only install Gapps and apps that arent part of that package but belong to Pixel, like the launcher.
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Pretty sure it's not impossible since it was ported to the Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 9 and not sure what other so it can be done!
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Pretty sure it's not impossible since it was ported to the Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 9 and not sure what other so it can be done!
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Never said its impossible, just that there's no need to port the ROM because you get most features by just installing Pixel apps onto your phone.
Some other things, that are Pixel exclusives, a bit harder to port. Or we may need to implement those from scratch. Also, the phones you mentioned are all Nexus devices
with drivers available. If you try to port to another OEM you will probably have part of hardware not working or working but laggy.
Pixel is made in perfect sync with software and hardware, and we don't know what optimizations did Google do for their phone under the hood.
Hey Guys,
I hope this is the right section for my question.
I was wondering if there is a Now Playing port to the OG Pixel in the progress. Haven't found much Infos yet, other than some devs asking for specific files from the Pixel 2 (XL). Im really looking forward to it, so maybe someone has Infos?
Otherwise, I wish you guys a great weekend.
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Hey Guys,
I hope this is the right section for my question.
I was wondering if there is a Now Playing port to the OG Pixel in the progress. Haven't found much Infos yet, other than some devs asking for specific files from the Pixel 2 (XL). Im really looking forward to it, so maybe someone has Infos?
Otherwise, I wish you guys a great weekend.
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OG Pixel?
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OG Pixel?
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He means the original Pixel XL as opposed to the new pixel 2.
Any updates on this?
Right now there seem to be two implementations (and one port) of the Now Playing function for Pixel phones. CypherOS (as well as PixelExperience mod) have a similar function on their ROM that allows your lock screen to identify playing music. If I'm not mistaken though this is not a port but a custom function using Soundhound. This may be the last that we'll see of an open sourced version from them due to a dispute between Cypher and PE (more on the Cypher G+ page, on the discussion filter) going on.
The second option seems like a port of the function to CarbonROM. They have a ROM available for the OG Pixel (XL) but with no current maintainer. Looks like the now playing feature only works on the Pixel 2. On a commit from the PixelExperience github they say that they are using a slimmed down Ambient Container so it might borrow from CarbonROM already.
If you wanted the majority of pixel features (at least in appearance) to remain the same though a ROM does exist that adds the CypherOS/PixelExperience implementation of AmbientPlay (nowplaying)for Pixel and Pixel XL phones while backporting Pixel 3 features, like the launcher. I haven't used it but it seems promising. According to the current changelog, it was removed last update for the API being down and added again for testing purposes for this month's update. Who knows if it actually works at the moment though. I'm not aware of any other working port for this model sadly. I think this is the closest we can get, until someone can create a new ROM with stock Pie but and the CarbonROM now playing code.
Hello Folks, i'm having some Questions about the Pixel 2 XL and AOSP based ROMs (Lineage is also AOSP/CAF based) in general. Maybe is someone willed to help Me out. So here's what i would like to know:
-Is the Pixel 2 XL able to play HDR Content on AOSP?
-Are all Pixel Stock Features available? (Like Instant Tethering/Apps, unlimited Photo Uploads etc. (Except Music Recognition))
-How is the Sound compared to Stock? (Loudness, Clearness, Bass (Speaker & Headphones))
-And last but not least, how is the Performance? (Responsiveness, Lags, Gaming/Benchmarks)
I need some Help from Pixel 2 XL Users to find out if there is actually a improvement possible by using My Project called "Snappatch". I would test it by myself but i was not able to buy one till now. Any Help and testing is much appreciated, and i just hope i can deliver some Goodness for this awesome Device (In My Opinions is the Pixel 2 XL still ruling right after the Axon 7).
All the Best
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Hello Folks, i'm having some Questions about the Pixel 2 XL and AOSP based ROMs (Lineage is also AOSP/CAF based) in general. Maybe is someone willed to help Me out. So here's what i would like to know:
-Is the Pixel 2 XL able to play HDR Content on AOSP?
-Are all Pixel Stock Features available? (Like Instant Tethering/Apps, unlimited Photo Uploads etc. (Except Music Recognition))
-How is the Sound compared to Stock? (Loudness, Clearness, Bass (Speaker & Headphones))
-And last but not least, how is the Performance? (Responsiveness, Lags, Gaming/Benchmarks)
I need some Help from Pixel 2 XL Users to find out if there is actually a improvement possible by using My Project called "Snappatch". I would test it by myself but i was not able to buy one till now. Any Help and testing is much appreciated, and i just hope i can deliver some Goodness for this awesome Device (In My Opinions is the Pixel 2 XL still ruling right after the Axon 7).
All the Best
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From personal experience with DU and AquariOS, about the only stock feature not working is Active Edge. And in some cases, connectivity problems for Sprint users as far as Volte goes. Everything else you mentioned seems to be just like stock :good:
I sadly recently destroyed my One Plus 5T. But I've been using One Plus phones for a good 3 years. Is the OS on the MiMax 3 close to stock Android like One Plus? And yes, I realize the 6T just came out but I am going through money issues, okus I have an eye disease so the 7" screen was appealing.
Or is it going to be a heVily skinned OS which will be very fireign to me?
Thanks again!
MIUI, not stock android. Completely different and takes some time and tweaking to fall in love with. But I did eventually, coming from touchwiz and stock android.
I particularly love the detailed app permission controls on MIUI.
I disabled MIUI Optimizations and used Nova Launcher for a more familiar feel.